Images of the Day

In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, Scottish deerhound Hickory poses for photographers with her handler Angela Lloyd, right, and judge Paolo Dondina after Hickory won best in show during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York. More than 2,000 of dogdom's finest will come in 185 breeds and varieties, coming from as far as Russia and China, for the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Feb. 13-14, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

A student at Sweetwater Branch Academy prepares for the FCATs.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office SWAT team uses an armored vehicle during a standoff in Ocala Estates on Sunday morning.

Idylwild Elementary School kindergarten teacher Rae Conroy turns out the lights in her classroom as she leaves for the weekend on Friday.